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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7365
Email
gareth.jones@otago.ac.nz
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department
Department of Anatomy
Qualifications
CNZM Bsc(Hons) MB BS(Lond) DSc(W Aust) MD(Otago) FRSB FAS
Research summary
Research uses of human tissue – ethical analyses

Research

Research interests include human anatomy and ethics, including uses of human cadavers and tissues; neuroethics, including neuroimaging and dementia; stem cell technology, including induced pluripotent stem cells; artificial reproductive technologies, including developmental issues; enhancement and therapy; bioethics and theology.

Professor Jones has had a long involvement in anatomy. Until recent times little attention was given to any ethical dimensions surrounding the acquisition of bodies, such as the use of unclaimed bodies and bodies of the mentally ill. More recently there has been intense interest in retention of body parts, and this raises tensions between issues of informed consent and the availability of material for research. The extensive use of plastinated human material in teaching and research also raises difficult ethical questions, especially in terms of large public exhibitions of plastinated cadavers. Other questions of interest concern definitions of brain death and the status of the human embryo, the moral status of the blastocyst. Questions such as these can only be addressed by reference to the human body, in embryological, neurobiological and cell biological terms.

Publications

Jones, D. G. (2023). Adding humanity to anatomy lessons. Issues in Science & Technology, 39(4). Retrieved from https://issues.org/tseng-silent-mentors-anatomy-cadavers-forum/ Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Jones, G. (2023). Are financial imperatives overriding factor at university? Otago Daily Times, (11 September). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/are-financial-imperatives-overriding-factor-university Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Jones, G. (2023). Leadership styles under scrutiny as redundancy rises. Otago Daily Times, (27 June). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/leadership-styles-under-scrutiny-redundancy-rises Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Jones, G. (2023). The crucial role of universities in troublesome financial times. Otago Daily Times, (18 July). Retrieved from https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/crucial-role-universities-troublesome-financial-times Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Jones, G. (2023, May). The moral contours of university redundancies. Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar]. Other Research Output

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